large -- under 300 rooms is more typical, Mr. Flanagan says. J. Paul Beitler, president of Chicago-based BeitlerRealEstateCorp., who once planned a hotel at 301 S. Wacker Drive, also doubted that a five-star hotel would be successful

former U.S. Steel South Chicago Works. She's up to the challenge, says J. Paul Beitler, president of BeitlerRealEstateCorp., who has negotiated several deals with Ms. Healey. But she'll have to use every contact she's made

of distribution, from vice-president of national delivery operations at Source Interlink Cos. REAL ESTATE BEITLERREALESTATECORP., Chicago: Jim West, 56, to executive vice-president, from executive vice-president at American Invsco

proposal would be unacceptable and have so advised the developer." Mr. Beitler, president of Chicago-based BeitlerRealEstateCorp., said he was unaware of the letter, but remained hopeful that a deal could be reached. The huge parking

for about two more years, says J.P. Beitler III, managing broker with the leasing arm of Chicago-based BeitlerRealEstateCorp., which represented the non-profit. He is now trying to sublease that space. A partial rent abatement

somebody on board who can get you over the giggle test," says Mr. Beitler, president of Chicago-based BeitlerRealEstateCorp. In his new role, Mr. West will have to provide not only a reality check, but needed residential expertise

Beitler Real Estae Corp. Mr. Beitler is the son of prominent Chicago developer J. Paul Beitler, who founded BeitlerRealEstateCorp. in 1982. Before joining his father's firm, the younger Mr. Beitler worked for Chicago-based law firm

last few months and was driven largely by market dynamics, says Sharyl Rothschild, a managing director with BeitlerRealEstateCorp. "We felt strongly that the condo market has changed, and the apartment market is very strong," Ms. Rothschild

WHAT MAKES IT COOL The office of Chicago real estate developer J. Paul Beitler Jr. is an homage to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. There are three larger-than-life photographic murals of the famed Chicago architect and his work in the office, which is bathed in red paint. Conventional wisdom suggests red

grip of dating or marriages" within the office, says J. Paul Beitler, 61 and president of Chicago-based BeitlerRealEstateCorp. "As a business owner or manager, you have to accept it, or you're going to lose some of your best people

showing the rest of the ships that sunk in the North Atlantic," says J. Paul Beitler, 60, president of BeitlerRealEstateCorp., a trustee of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and a former board member at the Museum of Contemporary

partner sues another. Mr. Beitler did not return a phone call and John Ambrister, executive vice-president at BeitlerRealEstateCorp., declines to comment. Daniel Coffey and a representative of Hibbard Road also did not return phone calls